ColdFusion on Wheels Blog


Apologies for Duplicate Entries in RSS

I switched the domain for CFWheels.com to CFWheels.org yesterday (We’re not trying to make money from you, after all.)

As a result of this URL switch, FeedBurner reposted the last 10 blog entries as new posts. You may safely ignore the flood of “new” posts if you would like.

Sorry for the confusion that I may have caused. Blunder alert!


How OO Almost Destroyed a Business

I stumbled across an honest account by Marc Funaro about how OO almost destroyed his business. He spares no detail in the post, but I still think it is worthwhile to read in its entirety as a reality check for yourself.
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Wheels 1.0: We're Production Ready

We’ve gone 1.0! Go download ColdFusion on Wheels 1.0 and give it a try. If you’re upgrading from a previous version, please review the instructions for Upgrading to 1.0 (even if you’re upgrading from the release candidate). Read the rest of this entry »


Methods for Tracking Change

Per gets down and dirty with a new chapter in the Documentation called Dirty Records. Really it’s all about tracking change to your database records dynamically.

Give it a read and learn about the power of methods like hasChanged(), XXXHasChanged(), XXXChangedFrom(), changedProperties(), allChanges(), and more.


Wheels 0.9.2 Release

We’ve released ColdFusion on Wheels 0.9.2 into the wild this evening. No new features really, but quite a few bug fixes.

Download version 0.9.2 and bring your Wheels app that much closer to 1.0. (We’re getting really close.)


Documentation Updates: Pages, Sending Email, and Configurations

We have 2 new chapters and 1 updated chapter in the Documentation.
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Wheels Added to CFML Framework Generator for Eclipse

Robert Burns was pretty quick at adding Wheels to his CFML Framework Skeletons plugin for Eclipse after we released version 1.0. Read the rest of this entry »


Released Today: ColdFusion on Wheels 0.9.4

We’ve just released ColdFusion on Wheels version 0.9.4 today on CFWheels.org. Thanks to Per Djurner, Tony Petruzzi, and James Gibson for contributing new features and improving the stability of the framework. And thanks to the community for feedback and supporting our efforts. Our presence is really starting to grow.
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Screencasts Are Back

This blog has been a little quiet lately, but believe me that plenty has been going on behind the scenes.

We’ve released a new section on our site for Screencasts. I’ve started a series on building a fake social networking site, and the first 2 episodes are there:

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Wheels API Documentation Available

The documentation now contains a section that documents all public functions in the Wheels API. You can now browse an complete list of the functions or browse by category.

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